Smart Umbrella is a European management consulting firm and a leading advisor in business strategy, social entrepreneurship, and an adult education centre and VET provider established in Thessaloniki, Greece. We are collaborating with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, train their personnel and transform their enterprises. Our customized approach combines deep insight into the dynamics of organizations, companies and markets, with respect to the needs of society and to the respective target groups. This ensures that our clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, build more capable organizations, and secure lasting results. Smart Umbrella was founded in 2003 by a group of experts working in the field of business consultancy and management of Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and Business Support Organizations, as well as with extensive experience in providing VET oriented courses for adults and for SMEs’ personnel. Also, we have been involved in planning, implementing and evaluating both European and National Developing Programmes, as we have taken part and prepared numerous subsidies of Programmes for financing public organizations, Institutions, Universities and private businesses, as their representative. The services we provide in a variety of sectors are the following: - Organization of professional seminars and workshops, - Quality assurance standards systems (ISO), - Strategy planning of business development, - Market research and development, - Networking and dissemination channels in Greece and abroad.